Staff Pick

The technical prowess Thornton Dial acquired during his years as a metalworker and his life experience in the Jim Crow South came together in massive pieces created largely from junk. His mixed media paintings and sculpture pulsate with color, energy and somber political and social commentary.

The artist didn't call his work art until others did. Now you can see it at the Mint.

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